mustard plaster

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mustard plaster

A medicinal plaster made with a pastelike mixture of powdered black mustard, flour, and water, used especially as a counterirritant. Also called sinapism.

mustard plaster

(Medicine) Med a mixture of powdered black mustard seeds and an adhesive agent applied to the skin for its relaxing, stimulating, or counterirritant effects

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Noun

mustard plaster - a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient

sinapism

cataplasm, poultice, plaster - a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.

Translations

mustard plaster n → senapismo

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